Clock, Tall Case

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

GHS 2572 (full view)

Name/Title

Clock, Tall Case

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2572

Description

Tall case clock, broken scroll pediment, three urn finials, four corner pillars. Tombstone arched face and glass door. Cream-colored hand painted face is blue, green, and yellow with rose-colored floral decoration. Moon phases above dial, date and weekday dials. Rectangular panael case door flanked by two pillars. Raised square panel on lower section of case. Turned ring legs and small bracket feet.

Made/Created

Artist

John Hagey

Date made

1831 - 1837

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On dial, "John Hagey Germantown"

Dimensions

Height

91-1/4 in

Width

22-1/4 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County v.XXXVI Fall 1988 no. 3, p 176-182 Gibb, James W. Pennsylvania Clocks and Watches, PSU Press Family File: Hagey Germantown Telegraph, April 27, 1831 Hagey, Albert, The Hagey Families in America, 1951 Germantown Crier 5(2):20, 15(2):44 Curator Research File: Clocks and Watches Eckhard, George Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers, 1955 Horner, W.M. Horner's Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture 1682-1807 1935, 1977

Provenance

Notes

GHS True Accession Book, "#2572 Grandfather clock (John Haguau (?) Germantown" Donated by the Florence K. Baker Estate, 1977